Busting bubbles
Ghandi was a racist.
The Dalai Lama owned slaves.
Winston Churchill was just as racist as the Nazis.
The United States has bombed, executed and done ghastly experiments on its own people.
Fuck your propaganda.
I normally don’t do this on tumblr. I am a 47-year-old white male, and I am often told my opinions don’t matter. And there’s some truth to that. But today is my birthday, so I’m going for it. Because everyone’s opinion matters. That’s what fucking democracy is.
“Gandhi was a racist.” (You could have at least spelled his fucking name right)
Way to go. Bravo. Gandhi, for a time in his life, was indeed a fucking racist. He recanted a lot of that shit later in life, but sure, let’s get him. He was only the guy who showed us the way forward. The ONLY way forward. When the state has a monopoly on power it is the ONLY way forward. You really fucking believe you will beat the state at it’s own game, you’re going to learn the hard way. When your true goal is a society that values peace, it is the ONLY way forward. Because fucking assholes with guns will always be assholes with guns. I do not want a new set of assholes with guns to take over. No matter how socialist you are. No matter how egalitarian you are, if you create a revolution by force, you will create a government that rules by force.
Non-violent resistance is the ONLY way forward. If you kill me, all you have is my dead body. If I kill you, you take a piece of my soul. I will never give you that.
That is his legacy. That is his gift to the world. And you little pricks need to start reading his message. Really understanding his message.
Yes, Gandhi was a racist. I ask no one to hide that fact. If you want to write a history book and include all of Gandhi’s faults, you should. Do it. Because in your research you will learn his message eclipses all of that.
To simply go out and shout, Gandhi was a racist, isn’t waking people up. It’s an agenda. It’s a shitty agenda. It’s propaganda.
Fuck your propaganda.